I respect the fact that people have worked hard all week and want to go to the movies on the weekend and be entertained.

I'm from the Midwest, and guys like me don't go on diets. We don't do well on spinning classes.

There is no terrorist threat. Yes, there have been horrific acts of terrorism and, yes, there will be acts of terrorism again. But that doesn't mean that there's some kind of massive terrorist threat.

There's no violence coming from the Occupy protesters.

When I make a film, I'm not doing it purely for political reasons. If I just wanted to do that, I'd run for office.

There's politics in all aspects of our daily lives.

I don't want to involve myself in the various arguments about why Israel was created . . . . . I want to deal with the situation at hand which is the ongoing killing on both sides. . . . . . . It's true that there's also much oppression of Palestinians in Arab countries, where Palestinians aren't allowed to vote or own property and are treated as second class citizens and pawns in the fight against Israel. But I'm not going to spend my time on this since there is isn't a whole lot I can do about it.